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Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today.

I'm not proud of this, but I had a lot of misconceptions about American foster care. To me, foster care meant that a child would be placed with you, then taken away. I didn't want to go through all of that.

I think that the hardest thing about working with young people in foster care who've been through this kind of neglect and abuse is really to convince them that they are worthy of being loved. And I think because often they don't feel worthy of it, that's why they push people away.

America's a very traumatized society.

When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need.

Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge.

You can't write a story about a mental hospital in the United States without facing the grand example of 'Cuckoo's Nest.'

We all make mistakes, and we all need second chances. For youth in foster care, these mistakes are often purposeful - if not consciously so; a way to test the strength of a bond and establish trust in a new parent.

Every week, we read about horrific tragedies resulting from children who play with firearms and accidentally shoot themselves or their family members.

I am also deeply concerned with the widespread, often undiagnosed, incidents of PTSD and the alarming suicide rates amongst our returning soldiers.